CBSE Class 11 History Syllabus for 2024: Download PDF

Section Title

Theme No

Theme Title

Marks

Reading of World History

Introduction of world History

Introduction Timeline I (6 MYA TO 1 BCE)

EARLY SOCIETIES

1

Writing and City Life

10

EMPIRES

Introduction Timeline II (C. 100 BCE TO 1300 CE) 

2

An Empire Across Three Continents

10

3

Nomadic Empires

10

CHANGING TRADITIONS

Introduction Timeline III (C. 1300 TO 1700) 

4

The Three Orders

10

5

Changing Cultural Traditions

10

TOWARDS

MODERNIZATION

Introduction Timeline IV (C. 1700 TO 2000)

6

Displacing Indigenous Peoples 

10

7

Paths to Modernisation

15

Map

Map work of the related Themes 

05

Theory Total 

80

Project work

20

TOTAL

100

Theme

Learning outcome with specific competencies

Section: EARLY SOCIETIES

Timeline I (6 MYA TO 1 BCE)

Theme 1

Writing and City Life

Focus: Iraq,  3rd millennium BCE

a. Growth of towns

b. Nature of early urban societies

c. Historians’ Debate on uses of writing.

Elucidate the interwoven social and cultural aspects of civilization in order to understand the connection between city life and culture of contemporary civilizations through their writings.

Analyse the outcomes of a sustained tradition of writing.

Explain the connection between the growth of human civilisation and the tradition of writing.

Section: EMPIRES

Timeline II (C.100 BCE TO 1300 CE)

Theme 2

An Empire across Three Continents

Understanding the periods in order of time.

Explain and relate the dynamics of the Roman Empire in order to understand their polity, economy, society and culture.

Analyse the implications of Roman’s contacts with the subcontinent empires and discuss about slavery.

Examine the domains of cultural transformation in that period & the impact of slavery.

Distinguish between the Mongolian people’s perspective and the world’s opinion about Genghis Khan

Theme 3

NOMADIC EMPIRES

Identify the living patterns of nomadic pastoralist society.

Trace the rise and growth of Genghis Khan in order to understand him as an oceanic ruler.

Analyse socio-political and economic changes during the period of the descendants of Genghis Khan.

Distinguish between the Mongolian people’s perspective and the world’s opinion about Genghis Khan.

Timeline III (C. 1300 TO 1700)

Theme 4 The Three Orders

Explain the myriad aspects of feudalism with special reference to first, second, third and fourth order of the society.

Relate between ancient slavery and serfdom.

Assess the 14th century crisis and rise of the nation states

Section: CHANGING TRADITIONS

Theme 5 Changing Cultural Traditions

Analyse the causes, events, and effects of the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and Age of Exploration.

Relate the different facets of Italian cities to understand the characteristics of Renaissance Humanism and

Realism.

Compare and contrast the condition of women

in the Renaissance period.

Recognize major influences on the architectural, artistic, and literary developments to understand the facades of Renaissance.

Critically analyse the impact on later reforms.

Evaluate the Roman Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation.

Section: TOWARDS MODERNISATION

Timeline IV

(C. 1700 TO 2000)

Remember and understand the time frame.

Theme 6 Displacing Indigenous People

Evaluate the process of displacements of the native people which led to the development of America and Australia to understand their condition.

To analyse the realms of settlement of

Europeans in Australia and America.

Compare and contrast the lives and roles of indigenous people in these continents

Theme 7 Paths to Modernization

Deduce the histories of China and Japan from the phase of imperialism to modernization.

Explore the Japanese political, cultural and economic system prior to and after the Meiji Restoration.

Analyse the domains of Japanese nationalism prior and after the Second World War.

Summarise the nationalist upsurge in China from Dr Sun Yet Sen to Mao Ze Dong to understand the era of communism.

To analyse the Chinese path to modernization under Deng Xio Ping and Zhou en Lai in order to understand the transformation from rigid communism to liberal socialism.

Section

Theme

MCQ mm-1 

SA mm-3

LA mm-8 

Source based mm-4 

Total

I EARLY SOCIETIES

1

3

1

0

1

10

II EMPIRES

2

3

4

0

2

0

20

III CHANGING TRADITIONS

4

5

6

2

0

2

20

IV TOWARDS MODERNISATION

6

7

8

3

1

0

25

MAP

05

TOTAL

21×1=21

6×3=18

8×3=24

4×3=12

80